IPwatchdog - NH Judge rules patent troll not necessarily pejorative - article by Gene Quinn on April 13, 2018NH Judge rules 'patent troll' not 'necessarily pejorative' | IPwatchdog article by Gene Quinn | April 13, 2018 On March 19, 2018, New Hampshire Superior Court Judge Brian T. Tucker granted a motion to dismiss in adefamation case. The case was brought by David Barcelou and his company Automated Transactions, LLC, against a series of defendants that had made derogatory statements about Barcelou and his company. Repeatedly, the defendants, which included the American Bankers Association and the Credit Union National Association, called Barcelou a "patent troll".

2016-12-27 ATL V ABA FINAL COMPLAINT CASE NUMBER 220-2016-CV-00133 - Approved Amended ComplaintThis is a defamation case. Plaintiff Mr. Barcelou is a serial inventor who always pursued businesses based on his inventions. His latest inventive and business efforts were directed at Internet-based automated transaction machines (“ATM”). Mr. Barcelou’s ATM related efforts resulted in an extensive patent portfolio, which he intended to use to protect his business efforts. Mr. Barcelou formed ATL as a business entity through which he could conduct efforts related to exploiting his patents... The Defendants, instead of matching the Plaintiffs’ fair play by contesting the Plaintiffs’ patent portfolio in appropriate forums, launched a malicious, defamatory smear campaign in the public that targeted the Plaintiffs’ potential licensees.